Directed credits
86
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Ernest R. Dickerson
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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Directed movies: 40Directed series: 46All crew credits: 88
TMDB ID: 15521
IMDb ID: nm0225416
Known for: Directing
Born: June 25, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q1356510
Also known as
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson • Ernest Dickerson
Frequent jobs
Director (62)Director of Photography (23)Second Unit Director (1)Additional Camera (1)Screenplay (1)
Biography
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C. (usually credited as Ernest R. Dickerson or Ernest Dickerson, born June 25, 1951) is an American film and television director and cinematographer. He directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural story like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight, Bones and Never Die Alone. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ernest R. Dickerson.
3.5
Double Play
Director
2017 Movie
4.4
Last Man Standing
Director
2011 Movie
6.1
Miracle at St. Anna
Second Unit Director
2008 Movie
4.9
The V Word
Director
2006 Movie
7.5
For One Night
Director
2006 Movie
5.5
Never Die Alone
Director
2004 Movie
5.7
Good Fences
Director
2003 Movie
7.0
Our America
Director of Photography
2002 Movie
5.2
Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
Director
2002 Movie
5.3
Monday Night Mayhem
Director
2002 Movie
4.9
Bones
Director
2001 Movie
4.3
Futuresport
Director
1999 Movie
6.0
Strange Justice
Director
1999 Movie
6.0
Blind Faith
Director
1998 Movie
4.9
Ambushed
Director
1998 Movie
5.7
Bulletproof
Director
1996 Movie
6.9
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Director
1995 Movie
6.1
Surviving the Game
Director
1994 Movie
4.2
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Director of Photography
1993 Movie
7.5
Malcolm X
Director of Photography
1992 Movie
6.0
Cousin Bobby
Director of Photography
1992 Movie
6.2
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
Director of Photography
1991 Movie
6.4
Jungle Fever
Director of Photography
1991 Movie
5.6
Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
Director of Photography
1990 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Ernest R. Dickerson.
6.5
Parish
Director • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.9
Bosch: Legacy
Director • 3 eps
2022 Series
5.8
DMZ
Director • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Raised by Wolves
Director • 2 eps
2020 Series
6.9
The Purge
Director • 2 eps
2018 Series
6.8
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
Director • 10 eps
2018 Series
7.3
Seven Seconds
Director • 10 eps
2018 Series
7.6
The Deuce
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.4
Blindspot
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
The Man in the High Castle
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.9
Bosch
Director • 12 eps
2015 Series
5.6
State of Affairs
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Sleepy Hollow
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.1
Low Winter Sun
Director • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.1
Under the Dome
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.4
Revolution
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.4
Once Upon a Time
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.0
The Cape
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.1
The Walking Dead
Director • 11 eps
2010 Series
7.6
Treme
Director • 6 eps
2010 Series
7.4
Stargate Universe
Director • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.3
The Vampire Diaries
Director • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.7
Fear Itself
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.0
In Plain Sight
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ernest R. Dickerson.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Ernest R. Dickerson.
8.6
The Wire
Director • 6 eps
2002 Series
8.3
The Vampire Diaries
Director • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Dexter
Director • 8 eps
2006 Series
8.1
The Walking Dead
Director • 11 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Bosch: Legacy
Director • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.9
Bosch
Director • 12 eps
2015 Series
7.9
Third Watch
Director • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.8
ER
Director • 3 eps
1994 Series
7.7
Eureka
Director • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.7
CSI: Miami
Director • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.6
The L Word
Director • 1 eps
2004 Series
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ernest R. Dickerson.
7.3
Law & Order
Director • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.2
Dexter
Director • 8 eps
2006 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
The Walking Dead
Director • 11 eps
2010 Series
8.3
The Vampire Diaries
Director • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.7
CSI: Miami
Director • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.4
Once Upon a Time
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.8
ER
Director • 3 eps
1994 Series
8.6
The Wire
Director • 6 eps
2002 Series
7.9
Bosch
Director • 12 eps
2015 Series
7.4
Blindspot
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Heroes
Director • 1 eps
2006 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ernest R. Dickerson.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Ernest R. Dickerson.
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
as Self
2025 Movie
Den of Vampires
2025 Movie
7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
2020 Movie
5.7
The Horror Crowd
as Self
2020 Movie
6.7
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self
2019 Movie
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2014 Movie
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2011 Movie
6.3
One Night in Vegas
as Self
2010 Movie
7.0
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self
2009 Movie
4.3
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Self
2007 Movie
6.9
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007 Movie
6.1
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
2007 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Ernest R. Dickerson.
6.3
Horror's Greatest
as Self - Director, Demon Knight • 4 eps
2024 Series
7.7
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self • 4 eps
2023 Series
7.1
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
as Self • 8 eps
2022 Series
6.5
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self • 5 eps
2018 Series
6.3
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self • 3 eps
2018 Series